This has been the case on most smart phones I’ve owned. It’s an interesting little detail that’s easily missed.
Even as far back as the first release of iPhone OS, I believe
Nope, as far back as iOS 7.
iOS 6 and earlier had a static clock.
You’re right, I can’t quite believe they’ve only added it with iOS 7, though.
It would’ve looked way cooler on the older versions, though.
The calendar got animations later iirc
It is neat! I never noticed it until reading this comment just now, but yup, mine is showing the current time too. Pretty cool
And calendar too!
I was a little sad to see that my icon pack foregoes this feature, but I can’t see myself using a different one. Delta icons on F-Droid has so much coverage (10k+), are free, and they’re so clean looking.
Plus I’m using Chrono as my default clock and alarms.
It probably changes the date on the calendar icon every day too.